LUCKNOW: Impressed with UP pollution control board’s pilot project of dust control in eight districts, the commission for air quality management in NCR and adjoining area, as asked Delhi, Rajasthan, Delhi and national capital territory to implement similar measures to control dust generated from road, building infrastructure construction and demolition sites.
Last year, UPPCB had introduced a web-based self-audit system for dust control (SASDC) in Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Hapur, Shamli, Baghpat, Meerut, Bulandshahar and Muzaffarnagar districts.
In the pilot project, the construction firm had to register their project and shared site manager contact number on UPPCB website (http://dustapp.upecp.in/), following which the site manager had to fill a set of 33 questionnaires in yes or no and give appropriate score accordingly to themselves.